On Wed, 26 Apr 1995, Darryl Stephen Roy wrote:
quoted 2 lines My vote for overrated has to go to Richie Hawtin. Perhaps I don't have the> My vote for overrated has to go to Richie Hawtin. Perhaps I don't have the
> attention span for undeveloped riffs that Plastikman demands.
I'm still not sure why Hawtin is grouped under IDM. It seems like one
album in the AI series has left people's expectations a bit high. IMHO,
Hawtin is essentially an acid-house producer who tries to be a bit more
experimental and abstract within the acid-house genre. And more power to
him, I say. While he is capabe of smoother, more Detroit-ish tracks
(Dimension Intrusion comes to mind), his forte will always be 303
dancefloor minimalism...with a twist.
Someone on this list (I forget exactly who) mentioned the gap between the
IDM-list aesthetic and the Detroit-list aesthetic. I think it was a
really apt observation, especially when applied to a guy like Hawtin. The
IDM aesthetic seems to revolve around a lot of polyrythmic drum programming
and melodic synth arrangements, whereas Detroiter's are more accepting of
a bit of stripped-down minimalism here and there. Any thoughts or comments?
- Matthew
"I grew up thinking that techno music is actually something
that you can't imagine. That is techno at its best. If you hear something
that you'd never expect to hear - that's techno. If you hear something
that kind of sounds like you've heard it before, then it's not techno."
- Jeff Mills